The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 14, 1988
Waning Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
2:31 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 806
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 213.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.25° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.40° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.